Episode 415. Our Feathered Friends (Stage Edition)

Episode 415. Our Feathered Friends (Stage Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As I sat yesterday pondering all my friends, family,…

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Episode 414. Sass Returns!

Episode 414. Sass Returns! SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Every hundred or so episodes, I feel compelled to pay a return…

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Episode 413. Get to Know Geraint Evans

Episode Episode 413. Get to Know Geraint Evans SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past September 19th, we observed the anniversary…

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Episode 410. Magda Olivero Revisited

Episode 410. Magda Olivero Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If we have to live in a world of extremes, I…

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Episode 408. Rachel Yakar, Artiste Lyrique Française

Episode 408. Rachel Yakar, Artiste Lyrique Française SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The great French soprano Rachel Yakar died on 24…

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Episode 406. Dan’s Belated Birthday Gals (Soprano Edition)

Episode 406. Dan’s Belated Birthday Gals (Soprano Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The last of my festive potpourri episodes for…

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Episode 405. Rescue Mission (Belated Birthday Edition)

Episode 405. Rescue Mission (Belated Birthday Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode is the latest installment in my series…

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Episode 404. Dan’s Belated Birthday Boys (Baritone Edition)

Episode 404. Dan’s Belated Birthday Boys (Baritone Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A brand-new episode today inaugurating a series of…

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Episode 403. Roberta Alexander In Memoriam

Episode 403. Roberta Alexander In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s is an episode I never dreamed I would have…

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Episode 390. Helen Donath Sings Richard Strauss

Episode 390. Helen Donath Sings Richard Strauss SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Beloved Countermelody favorite Helen Donath celebrated her 85th birthday…

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Episode 389. Rescue Mission (Operatic Duets Edition)

Episode 389. Rescue Mission (Operatic Duets Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have spent the past week planning forthcoming episodes…

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Episode 388. Sopranos en détresse, Part Deux

Episode 388. Sopranos en détresse, Part Deux SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A few months ago I published the first of…

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Episode 386. David Rendall in Memoriam

Episode 386. David Rendall in Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On 21 July, the opera world lost one of its…

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Episode 384. Vera Little Revisited

Episode 384. Vera Little Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On June 3, 2024, the Berlin Senate’s Department of Culture installed…

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Episode 383. Get to Know Carol Smith

Episode 383. Get to Know Carol Smith SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If the exceptional Illinois-born contralto Carol Smith (20 February…

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Episode 382. Eine Janowitzische Geburtstagfeier

Episode 382. Eine Janowitzische Geburtstagfeier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you “get” Gundula Janowitz, then you really get her, and…

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Episode 378. Rescue Mission III

Episode 378. Rescue Mission III (Friends Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Even after I publish a Countermelody episode on a…

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Episode 373. Carol Neblett: Girl of the Golden West

Episode 373. Carol Neblett: Girl of the Golden West SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is the day that the United…

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Episode 372. Pears Sings Not-Britten

Episode 372. Pears Sings Not-Britten (Pride 2025) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today may be my final episode for Pride Month…

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Episode 368. Gay Eccentrics (Pride 2025)

Episode 368. Gay Eccentrics (Pride 2025) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Somewhere along the line in planning my Pride 2025 episodes,…

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Episode 366. Donald Gramm Revisited

Episode 366. Donald Gramm Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’m going all out (literally) for this year’s Pride celebrations, especially…

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Episode 365. Flying Down to Rio

Episode 365. Flying Down to Rio (Latin American Orchestral Song II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is the second part…

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Episode 364. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano (Live Edition)

Episode 364. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano (Live Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It’s Pride Month, and what better time to…

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Episode 361. Russell Oberlin Revisited

Episode 361. Russell Oberlin Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’ve been so lucky this week to cross paths with several…

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Episode 359. Get to Know Hugo Hasslo

Episode 359. Get to Know Hugo Hasslo SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The earliest selection on last week’s Elisabeth Söderström episode…

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